Chapter Seventy-Ninth: Maipuxi Fortress

  "Roar!" The roar echoed through the mountains all day. Chen Le said that this roar was somewhat familiar.

  This is a small road that has been opened up, from the Sangdrol gathering place to Mcleod Ganj it only takes five hours on this small road, if you go by the big road then it will take one day.

  Kangna looked up and said to Chen Le: "Is it Thunder Lizard today?"

  Chen Le stopped in his tracks, staring intently at Connor as if he had discovered something terrifying. Connor looked at Chen Le's expression and asked urgently: "Arthur! What's wrong?"

  Chen Le heavily slapped his own face, then looked at Connor with a serious expression: "Connor, tell me, how many Thunder Lizards are there in the entire Desolate Forest?"

  Kang Na squatted down and thought for a moment, then said: "According to the information I have obtained, there are six known Thunder Lizard tribes in the entire Absolute Forest. Three are in the north, two are in the west, and one is in the south. Recently, something happened in the south that caused all the third-level or higher magical beasts in the southern region to disappear."

  Chen Le asked in confusion: "Missing? Has anyone gone to look for him?"

  Connor nodded and said, "I heard from the people in the store that the Sandrool gathering area once sent a hundred-man reconnaissance team to investigate what happened, but later lost contact with them in the vicinity of Broken Soul Gorge. Until now, no one dares to venture deep into the southern forest."

  Chen Le took a deep breath, it seemed that the matter of his hometown could be temporarily put aside, but the remaining five Thunder Lizard tribes were a bit troublesome, he dared to confirm that there must have been survivors who escaped at that time!

  The two of them walked like this, the scenery around them extremely monotonous, with nothing but trees everywhere, although occasionally there would be a cry from an unknown magical beast, but this couldn't change the deathly stillness of the situation. Chen Le took step after step, his heart sinking step by step.

  "Master! Your current state is terrible!" Zha Zha Ben's voice suddenly awakened Chen Le. Chen Le just came back to his senses.

  "Master, I've detected many vengeful spirits around us. I hope you can maintain high concentration, or else your body will be easily invaded by the vengeful spirits!"

  Chen Le thought silently: "I understand now, why Connor wasn't disturbed by the Wandering Souls."

  "He's already used to it. If you learn the skill of seeing through stealth later, you'll find that Connor has many vengeful spirits wrapped around him!"

  "Really? Zha zha ben, go back and rest, your time is very precious, I don't want to think about it when the time comes and find that there is no time!"

  "Alright, master, take care of yourself, if I find out anything I will report back to you."

  Kang Na seemed to have remembered something and suddenly stopped in his tracks, then heavily punched Chen Le.

  Chen Le was currently talking to Zha Zha Ben when this sudden punch sent Chen Le flying. "Cough cough cough! Connor, are you crazy? Why did you hit me!"

  Connor smiled and said: "I don't know why you haven't noticed that this little road is basically deserted?"

  Chen Le rubbed his chest, Connor's blow was very heavy, he suspected that if it were still his past self, this one blow could have killed him. When Chen Le came back to himself and heard Connor's words, he immediately asked: "Indeed, why is that?"

  Connor said with his hands on his hips, "I heard those wounded men say that if you walk this road without concentrating your spirit, you might go crazy. Now there are already over a hundred crazies on this road!"

  Chen Le swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and was somewhat puzzled. He asked: "When did this small road appear?"

  Connor thought for a moment and soon gave an answer: "I don't know. But when this question appeared, it was two days after the monster surrounded Maple Town."

  The situation is almost the same as what Zuo Zuo said, and Chen Le also didn't continue to entangle this issue.

  The leaves rustled in the wind, and he now regretted bringing Fei with him. Suddenly, Chen Le seemed to realize something, picked up a skull-like object and coughed lightly twice. Then he hastily put the skull into his own arms.

  Time also didn't know how long had passed, when Connor let out a loud roar, the entire journey was finally over.

  "We're here!" Connor seemed delighted.

  Chen Le raised his head and was first surprised by that tower which rushed into the clouds.

  The entire fortress is square and has four gates in the southeast, northwest, southwest and northeast directions. Chen Le estimated that this fortress covers at least 10,000 square meters.

  There are three layers of walls in the fortress, with buildings of varying sizes inside each layer. The outer two layers have uniform three-story flat houses, while the innermost house is a complex and varied structure, indicating that many merchants gather here. On the city wall, rows of large catapults are already waiting for orders, and boxes of three-meter-long giant arrows are shining with cold light. Moreover, there are not only catapults but also some seemingly desperate-looking cannons!

  Chen Le knew by toeing around that this was the legendary Devil Crystal Cannon.

  On the wall, a row of hooks with reverse thorns was like a knife mountain, and the moat that was nearly 100 meters wide was like a sea of fire. It is said that there were large amounts of poison in the moat, and any life that fell into it would find it very difficult or impossible to come out.

  It was just such an impregnable fortress, both in theory and in practice, that had all sorts of gaps on the north wall and east wall, with a large crowd carrying stones or whatever, rushing to fill those gaps.

  Connor led Chen Le towards the large gate in front of them, the South Gate.

  The city gate at the south gate is made of wood, but don't think that just because it's wooden, you can easily break through. A 20-meter-thick wooden door is no joke, and Chen Le found that behind this city gate, there was also a layer of five-meter-thick steel.

  At the south gate, twenty heavily armed warriors in silver armor stood like statues, their faces expressionless yet intimidating. The pedestrians passing through the gate hastened their steps, as if trying to avoid these heavily armed warriors!

  Entering the city gate was very smooth, so smooth that Chen Le didn't dare believe it. There were no interrogations and no inspections at all.

  As he entered the city, Chen Le felt that it was crowded with people everywhere! These people were dressed in different attire, some wore light armor, some wore silk, and some wore hemp cloth, but they all carried different numbers of weapons running back and forth.

  Chen Le walked up to a wooden board that looked like a bulletin board and carefully examined the notice on it.

  "McPhearson Castle now issues a proclamation: Whoever comes to McPhearson Castle has the obligation to protect its safety, no matter who you are or what you come here for. Now this place is facing the greatest disaster in history, we need the help of all brave warriors. Everyone! Please join the battle to defend the city. Our backs are our homes that we rely on for survival, and perhaps the area behind us is not, but if we let these beasts occupy this place, how far is your home from being attacked by these beasts? Maybe you can't provide any combat power for us, but I believe our logistics must need you. Come! Join us, King Oracle announces that anyone who can persist to the end will have extremely rich rewards!"

  "It seems like the situation here is very severe."

  Connor nodded and said, "Indeed, the situation here is very severe. Even people from several nearby human settlements have all come out in droves. It can be said that the number of humans gathered here has reached the highest point in the history of the Absolute Forest."

  Chen Le patted Connor on the shoulder and said: "Let's go, let's find out where that top official is."

  After a while, Connor ran over to Chen Le, panting and saying: "I finally found someone willing to listen to me, he said Egwin is on the east wall of the city. Let's go!"

  Chen Le nodded and followed Connor's footsteps towards the east.

  "Roar!" Following a burst of beastly roars.

  Immediately afterwards, a loud noise appeared on the east side. It sounded like the sound of stones colliding.

  "The monster is attacking again! Move the things over quickly! Hurry up!"

  People were running around frantically, they knew if this place was breached, they would have no chance of escaping.